Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2020
University Hospital New Jersey paid a $670,000 ransom this month to prevent the leak of 240 GB of stolen data, including patient information. The University Hospital New Jersey (UHNJ) in Newark (New Jersey) has finally paid a $670,000 ransom to prevent the publishing of 240 GB of stolen data, including patient info. In September, systems […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2020
Facebook shared details about a long-running ad-fraud campaign thatâs been ongoing since 2016 targeting Facebook users with SilentFade malware. Facebook detailed an ad-fraud cyberattack thatâs been ongoing since 2016, crooks are using a malware tracked as SilentFade (short for âSilently running Facebook Ads with Exploitsâ) to steal Facebook credentials and browser cookies. The social network […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2020
HP is inviting several white hat hackers to find vulnerabilities in its office-class ink and toner cartridges as part of its bug bounty program, HP has expanded the line of products that are covered by this bug bounty program, on Thursday the IT giant invited several white hat hackers to find and report vulnerabilities in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2020
Researchers from Intezer reported that the IPStorm botnet has evolved to infect other operating systems, including Android, Linux, and Mac devices. The IPStorm botnet was first uncovered in May 2019 while targeting Windows systems, not experts from Intezer reported that the bot evolved to infect other platforms, including Android, Linux, and Mac devices. IPStorm botnet […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2020
Researchers from ESET uncovered the activity of a new APT group, tracked as XDSpy, that has been active since at least 2011. XDSpy is the name used by ESET researchers to track a nation-state actor that has been active since at least 2011. The APT group, recently discovered by ESET, targeted government and private companies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2020
Cyber security firm launches a new service that allows users to check if an email domain or address was part of an Emotet spam campaign. Experts worldwide warn about a surge in the Emotet activity, recently Microsoft along Italy and the Netherlands CERT/CSIRT agencies reported a significant increase of Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2020
K-Electric, Pakistan’s largest private power company, did not pay the ransom and the Netwalker ransomware operators have leaked the stolen data. In early September, K-Electric (KE), the electricity provider for the city of Karachi, Pakistan, was hit by a Netwalker ransomware attack that blocked billing and online services. K-Electric is the largest power supplier in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2020
Experts found critical security flaws in two popular industrial remote access systems that could be exploited by threat actors for malicious purposes. Security researchers from Israeli firm OTORIO found critical vulnerabilities in leading industrial remote access systems that could be exploited by attackers to ban access to industrial production floors, hack into company networks, tamper […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2020
Twitter removed around 130 Iranian accounts for attempting to disrupt the public recent US Presidential Debate. The social media giant Twitter announced to have removed around 130 Iranian Twitter accounts that attempted to disrupt the public conversation during the recent first Presidential Debate for the US 2020 Presidential Election. The company confirmed that it discovered […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 01, 2020
North Korea-linked APT group targeted UN Security Council officials over the past year, states a report from the United Nations organ. A North-Korea-linked cyber espionage group has launched spear-phishing attacks aimed at compromising tens of officials from the United Nations Security Council. The campaign targeted at least 28 UN officials, including at least 11 individuals […]
